Outline of the Capitalising Human Mobility for Poverty Alleviation and Inclusive Development in Myanmar (CHIME) project's report
In 2017, the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR), through the Department of Social Welfare (DSW), started the implementation of the Maternal and Child Cash Transfer (MCCT) programme in Chin State. One of the main objectives of the programme is to improve nutritional...
Fish, next to rice, is one of the two main sources of Myanmar’s food security. (Belton et al. 2015) Availability and access to fish is considered very important especially for poorer segments of the population.
The NOAC project document acknowledges “Livestock and fish can play an...
This study on knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) aims at understanding the complex realities of women and men related to gender, food and nutrition. The major purpose of applying the ‘gender lens’ for this qualitative food and nutrition study is to generate sustainable solutions...
This Cardamom Value Chain Analysis was conducted as part of the technical support of SNV Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) to the Consortium of Dutch NGOs (CDN) in the framework “Improving the Incomes and Nutrition Outcomes of Rural Poor in Northern Kayin State” project. The study was...
This report provides an overall synthesis of the findings and learning from evaluations of the three networks: the Food Security Working Group (FSWG), Gender Equality Network (GEN) and the Land Core Group (LCG). It includes an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and...
The Enhanced Livelihoods for Displace People Project (ELDP) Consortium commissioned a labour market survey at the end of 2016, with the aim to provide adequate information regarding the labour market of 3 townships (Dawei, Thayetchaung, Palaw) in the Tanintharyi Region with a focus on Internally...
World Concern Myanmar with Consortium partners CDN-ZOA (lead), CORDAID and SNV received funding from Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) to implement interventions for improving the incomes and nutrition outcomes of rural poor in Thandaunggyi Township, which is located in Northern...
The rationale of this study is to attempt to answer questions about the impact of microfinance on women’s empowerment in 3 selected LIFT microfinance partners. At the same time, it aims to help validate LIFT’s new gender strategy. Thirdly, it hopes to inform the design of a future quantitative...
Learning about nutrition focuses on the integration of nutrition, food security and livelihoods programming. Its purpose is to build the capacity and facilitation skills of project staff, field agents, and government and non-government organisations working in livelihood and food security...
Myanmar is seeking to update its colonial era 1894 Land Acquisition Act to reflect the country‘s development needs in the 21st century. This technical review has been prepared by land resettlement safeguards experts to inform decision makers and other stakeholders in Myanmar regarding the Draft...
LIFT conducted a baseline household survey in late 2011 covering 252 villages across these zones. Subsequent surveys covered 200 villages in 2013 and 300 villages in 2015, including the expanded LIFT programme area. This report focuses on the results of trend analyses for 60 villages in the...
PACE seeks to contribute to efforts in improving nutritional outcomes, specifically stunting rates of children under five. Within PACE target villages, PACE aims to increase sustainable farm production and improve dietary diversity among smallholder farmers and PLWs and children under 23 months...
Aquaculture in Myanmar: Fish Farm Technology, Production Economics and Management - Highlights EN/MM
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, Policy Research Brief 37, May 2017 / မူဝါဒသုတေသန အကျဉ်းချုပ်-၃၇ / ၂၀၁၇ ခုနှစ်၊ မေလ
Aquaculture in Myanmar: Fish Farm Technology, Production Economics and Management /မြန်မာ့ ငါးမွေးမြူရေးကဏ္ဍ - ငါးမွေးမြူရေး နည်းပညာ၊...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy
Research Paper 52
May 2017
Food Security Policy Project (FSPP)
by Ben Belton, Mateusz Filipski and Chaoran Hu
Fish farming (aquaculture) has grown rapidly in Myanmar over the last two decades and plays an...
Food Security Policy Project Research Highlights
September 2016
The Myanmar Aquaculture-Agriculture Survey 2016
Ben Belton and Ellen Payongayong
This research highlight is the first in a series of publications designed to summarize and rapidly disseminate key research...
